Chapter 91: Decomposing Rabbit Carcasses, A Massive Harvest

Chapter 91: Decomposing Rabbit Carcasses, A Massive Harvest

Cao Xing's heart was full of anticipation, but the most important thing right now was dealing with the battle at hand.

The formation of the Bombardier Rabbits had completely collapsed, and they were scattering everywhere, trying to flee.

But Cao Xing was waiting to replenish his food supplies; how could he let them escape easily?

"Renis, Sarah, block them for me!"

"Assam, Andrew, finish off the Bombardier Rabbits on the ground."

As Cao Xing gave the order, his recruited creatures launched an even fiercer offensive!

Swish! Swish!

One fleeing Bombardier Rabbit after another was hit directly by Renis.

Meanwhile, Blot Brimstone unleashed a storm of black smoke, killing swaths of Bombardier Rabbits.

"Chirp! Chirp chirp!"

The Iceball Bombardier Rabbits no longer had their previous arrogance and bandit demeanor, each desperately searching for a place to hide.

They even tried to squeeze into mouse holes in the ground, but because they were too fat, more than half of their rears were left sticking out.

Seeing this, a faint smile curled at the corner of Cao Xing's mouth.

He then directly condensed several ice spears and shot them over in an instant.

A few minutes later, the battle ended.

Most of the Iceball Bombardier Rabbits were killed, though a portion managed to escape.

Because of Dabai's massive body, activating [Furious Charge] had snapped many silver fir trees.

Coupled with Cao Xing's [Ice Arrow Rain] and Blot's [Black Smoke Storm], which were both area-of-effect attacks,

the forest was left in complete disarray.

Cao Xing noticed there were some bird nests on the broken branches.

He walked over and gathered everything inside the nests.

[Obtained Bird Egg *6]

[Obtained Feather *37]

[Obtained Bird Egg *6]

[Obtained Feather *37]

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Liu Muxue was also collecting alongside him and asked curiously, "Ah Xing, is gathering these feathers useful?"

"Of course it's useful."

Cao Xing turned back and replied, "Feathers are needed to make arrows. The militia we train in the future will need a lot of arrows, and making them takes many materials, so saving wherever we can helps."

"I see."

Realization flashed in Liu Muxue's eyes.

Then, she began gathering even more diligently.

After picking up all the bird eggs and feathers on the ground,

Cumulative gain:

[Egg *72]

[Feather *342]

Next were the corpses of these Bombardier Rabbits.

As Cao Xing approached, a system prompt appeared.

[Iceball Bombardier Rabbit Corpse (Dismantlable)]

Cao Xing directly clicked dismantle.

A flash of white light enveloped the plump rabbit corpse.

Then, a rabbit pelt, a pile of fresh rabbit meat, and two blue stones appeared in its place.

Cao Xing glanced at the stats of these items.

[Worn Frost Bombardier Rabbit Pelt (White) *1]

(Although slightly worn, the thick fur provides decent insulation. It can be made into cold-weather clothing or sold in towns for a good price.)

[Bombardier Rabbit Meat (Green) *16]

(Rabbit meat containing weak magical fluctuations. 1 piece of rabbit meat = 5 Food. Consuming for the first time grants +1 Agility.)

[Hard Rabbit Tooth (Green) *2]

(A hard rabbit tooth. Once sharpened, it can be used to craft spearheads or sold to merchants in town.)

[Ice Crystal Stone (Green) *1]

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"Oh, Green-grade rabbit meat? Not bad!"

A single Frost Bombardier Rabbit could yield over a dozen pieces of rabbit meat, which was around ten kilograms.

Although it couldn't be sold at high prices like Snowy Violent Bear Meat, the sheer number of rabbits they killed made up for it!

Just now, they had killed nearly two hundred rabbits; dismantling all of them would yield a massive amount of rabbit meat and pelts!

Joy shone in Cao Xing's eyes.

"Muxue, let's start dismantling the rabbits."

Liu Muxue's face was also filled with the joy of harvest as she nodded excitedly, "Mm-hmm!"

With this batch, the harvested food would be enough to sustain the territory's residents for another half a month.

[Successfully dismantled Iceball Bombardier Rabbit corpse…]

[Successfully dismantled Frost Bombardier Rabbit corpse…]

[Successfully dismantled…]

System prompts popped up continuously.

Liu Muxue traded all the resources she had just gathered to Cao Xing to save inventory space.

Cao Xing tallied up the harvest. Total gains:

[Worn Iceball Bombardier Rabbit Pelt (White) *154]

[Worn Frost Bombardier Rabbit Pelt (Green) *5]

There was no helping it; there were too many rabbits just now, and in the chaotic battle, almost no pelt remained intact.

Apart from that, they also obtained some rabbit meat and rabbit teeth.

[Iceball Bombardier Rabbit Meat (Green) *2310]

[Frost Bombardier Rabbit Meat (Blue) *112]

(Meat from Elite-grade Bombardier Rabbits. Tender and fresh. Consuming for the first time grants +2 Spirit and +2 Physique.)

[Hard Rabbit Tooth (Green) *297]

[Ice Crystal Stone (Green) *75]

[Primary Element Crystal *24]

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The harvest could be said to be quite bountiful.

Most importantly, quite a bit of Blue-grade rabbit meat had dropped from those Elite-grade rabbits.

The value of this stuff was almost on par with Violent Bear Meat!

Cao Xing felt a wave of joy.

Because this way, he had a new item to trade with other Survivors!

Moreover, now that resources were abundant, all the stocked [Snowy Violent Bear Meat] could also be brought out for trade.

The everyday food for his territory's people could be replaced with other options to maximize profits.

Thinking of this, Cao Xing nodded in satisfaction.

After confirming nothing had been missed in the surrounding area,

He announced, "Let's continue down the mountain!"

Thump! Thump!

Dabai strode forward along the mountain path.

Nothing unexpected happened after that.

They quickly reached the foot of the mountain and headed straight out of the Borealis Mountain Range.

In the vast snowfield, their group left behind various sets of footprints.

Cao Xing glanced at the time display above him.

[Time until Nightfall: 2 hours 17 minutes…]

[Current Temperature: -57°C]

"Still over two hours, that's plenty of time for me to get back to the territory."

The group took another route and advanced toward the camp.

As usual, Sarah vanished into the shadows to scout ahead.

Since advancing to a Tier-3 Boss-level entity, Sarah's movement speed was terrifyingly fast; even the snow could not hinder this Dark Elf's mobility at all.

After advancing for about five kilometers,

Sarah reappeared silently beside Cao Xing and reported, "Respected Lord, a village has been discovered ahead."

"A village?"

Hearing this, Cao Xing looked a bit puzzled.

He opened the map to take a look.

About one kilometer northwest of his current location,

There was a settlement called [Hoge Village].

Looking in the direction indicated by the map, he could faintly see a cluster of low buildings covered in white snow.

Seeing these buildings from such a distance indicated it was a good-sized settlement.

Cao Xing mused, "If there's a village, there should be grocery stores, grain shops, and other businesses, right?"

"Can I clear out some of my miscellaneous junk and exchange it with these natives for other resources?"

At this thought, Cao Xing made up his mind.

"Let's go take a look."

Cao Xing led his group in a grand procession toward [Hoge Village].

Upon approaching, everyone realized that the village's scale was indeed quite large.

With at least several hundred houses big and small, it was nearly the size of a town.

A river frozen into ice ran along the edge of the village.

Next to it were cultivated square farmlands covered with greenhouses to withstand the wind and snow.

Not only that, Cao Xing also saw many sheep pens and cattle sheds near the village.

Inside were penned groups of sheep with thick wool and herds of cattle!

"So many cattle and sheep!" Cao Xing's eyes sparkled.

If all of these were slaughtered, how much beef and mutton could they be dismantled into?

Liu Muxue said softly, "Ah Xing, those look like yaks; they can produce milk."

Hearing this, Cao Xing became even more excited.

Milk was good stuff—not only could it restore HP, but it also increased satiety.

Cao Xing made up his mind: if possible, he would see if he could buy a few dairy cows from these natives to raise himself.

"Come on, let's go check out this village."

Thump! Thump!

The group advanced toward the village with imposing momentum.

After getting closer, Cao Xing noticed that besides agriculture and animal husbandry,

[Hoge Village]'s defensive strength was also fairly decent.

Every two to three hundred meters around the village stood a tens-of-meters-high [Watchtower], with two archers on top whose sharp gazes constantly scanned the surroundings.

However, [Hoge Village] seemed to have encountered some mishaps recently.

Several areas on the village periphery appeared to have been struck by something, causing houses to collapse in clusters.

A group of villagers were setting up ladders and holding hammers, rushing repairs.

There were still lingering bloodstains on the ground; it was clear that some combat had occurred here not long ago.

Looking at the ice debris on the ground, Cao Xing seemed to understand something.

A group of armed militiamen quickly rushed out of the village.

From far away, they had noticed Cao Xing's party walking through the snow.

Then again, with the composition of Cao Xing's team, it was hard not to draw attention.

Three three-meter-tall machines, accompanied by a nearly five-meter-tall Mammoth.

Then there were members of the Centaur tribe and the Shire tribe—creatures rarely seen in the Gale Snowfield.

Thump! Thump!

Every step the Mammoth took caused strong vibrations, even shaking snow off the eaves of several houses near the village.

When the militiamen drew closer, they immediately exclaimed in shock, "By the gods! What am I looking at? Is that a Mammoth?!"

"Heavens, how could a sacred Mammoth come to our Hoge Village?"

Shock and wariness filled the eyes of the militiamen as they looked at Cao Xing and his group.

Cao Xing glanced at the stats of these militiamen.

[Hoge Village Militia: Arno Lv10]

[Affiliation: Ice Crystal Kingdom]

[Tier: Tier 1 Common Militia]

[HP: 940]

[Attack: 114~117]

[Armor: 16~19]

[Skills: Basic Sword Mastery (Basic sword technique learned through barracks training)

Cross Slash (Unleashes two rapid slashes forward, dealing two instances of Attack Power * 66% damage)]

[Current Status: Neutral]

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